List of judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland


Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Queensland, as of 2019, include:
PositionNameAppointment
commenced		Appointment
ended		Term in officeCommentsNotes
21 2 1863 24 6 1879 Died 27 January 1895
25 6 1879 13 3 1893 Died 20 August 1897
13 3 1893 4 10 1903 Appointed Chief Justice of Australia, died 9 August 1920
21.10.1903 31 3 1922 Died 30 August 1923
1 4 1922 16 4 1925 Died in office
24 4 1925 16 5 1940 Died 18 November 1944
17 5 1940 23 6 1940 Died in office
27 6 1940 15 5 1946 Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
23 4 1946 30.12.1955 Died in office
9 2 1956 21 2 1966 Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
24 2 1966 12 5 1971 Died 26 July 1979
13 5 1971 18 7 1977 Died 11 August 1980
19 7 1977 17 2 1982 Died 17 October 1999
18 2 1982 7 7 1985 Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004
8 7 1985 7 4 1989 Died 28 July 2004
10 4 1989 16 2 1998 Died 5 August 2008
17 2 1998 8 7 2014 Appointed Governor of Queensland
8 7 2014 1 7 2015 Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court
Judge, District Court
Judge, Family Court of Australia
11 9 2015
1 7 2015 24 7 2015
16.12.1991 30 6 1998 -
30 7 1998 24 3 2017
3 4 2017
16 1 1991 3 3 2001 Died 16 October 2014
12.12.1991 23 9 2006 Died 7 October 2013
16.12.1991 11 2 2005
30 7 1998 22 3 2002
14.12.2000 23 1 2008
26 5 2006 10 9 2015
12 7 2007 27.12.2014 Died 10 February 2018
25 1 2008
27 4 2012
1 8 2013
18.12.2014 President, Land Appeal Court
Judge and President, Mental Health Court
24.11.2015
10 2 2011 1 year
20.10.1903 Appointed Chief Justice-
13.11.1903 31 3 1922 Died 10 June 1928
1 12 1926 17 5 1940 Died in office
17 5 1940 26 6 1940 Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
1 7 1940 22 4 1946 Died in office
20 3 1947 8 2 1956 Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
9 2 1956 19 3 1965 Died in office
15 4 1965 14 4 1970 Died 22 September 1971
15 4 1970 12 5 1971 Died 11 August 1980
19 7 1977 22.10.1979 Died 12 May 1989
15.11.1979 17 2 1982 Died 28 November 1992
18 2 1982 7 7 1985 Died 28 July 2004
8 7 1985 24 9 1990 Died 20 April 1999
25 9 1990 11.12.1991 Died 7 October 2013
16.12.1991 24 8 2007 Died 2 April 2017
24 8 2007 23 8 2017
24 8 2017
21.01.1856 14.02.1859
15.02.1859 07.08.1861 Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
7 8 1861 12 6 1880 Previously resident judge at Moreton Bay. Died in office
17 7 1874 22.12.1882 Died in office
4 7 1874 13 3 1893 Died 20 August 1897
14 7 1879 31 8 1885 Died in office
11.11.1880 25 3 1885 Died in office
5 1 1883 31 3 1922 Died 30 August 1923
17 4 1885 30 6 1890 Died in office
2 12 1889 31 3 1922 Died 27 February 1930
18 7 1890 31 3 1922 Died 10 June 1928
20.12.1895 20.12.1910 Died 2 June 1914
3 11 1908 30 6 1925 Died 4 March 1942
26 7 1910 18 7 1926 Subsequently appointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, died 1 June 1944
12.10.1917 16 4 1925 Died in office
1 4 1922 16 5 1940 Died 18 November 1944
1 4 1922 21 3 1929 Died 8 May 1937
1 4 1922 16.12.1922 Died 28 June 1936
1 4 1922 15.12.1926 Died 22 February 1953
24 1 1923 13 4 1953 Died 24 December 1972
24 4 1925 15 5 1946 Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972
1 7 1925 6 8 1949 Died in office
23 7 1926 23 6 1940 Died in office
1 2 1927 18 1 1929 Died in office
6 2 1929 28 2 1929 Died in office
22 3 1929 27 8 1947 Died in office
5 3 1929 25 4 1939 Died in office
4 5 1939 19 3 1965 Died in office
17 5 1940 21 2 1966 Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980
27 6 1940 30.12.1955 Died in office
25 4 1946 21.12.1961 Died 5 June 1974
6 2 1947 30.10.1964 Died 23 May 1993
2 9 1947 14 4 1970 Died 22 September 1971
8 8 1949 30 7 1962 Died 28 August 1981
20 7 1950 12 5 1971 Died 26 July 1979
16.10.1952 18 7 1958 Died in office
20.11.1952 3 2 1955 Died 20 October 1970
23 7 1953 18 7 1977 Died 11 August 1980
10 2 1955 12.12.1961 Died in office
2 2 1956 10 7 1965 Died 16 November 1969
27 2 1958 17 2 1982 Died 17 October 1999
24 7 1958 22.10.1979 Died 12 May 1989
8 6 1961 24 6 1967 Appointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, died 25 June 2005
9 8 1962 21 9 1973 Died 24 February 1983
18.11.1963 17 2 1982 Died 23 November 1992
11 2 1963 18 4 1974 Died in office
11 2 1965 2 2 1984 Died in office
11 2 1965 4 8 1985 Died 12 July 2003
12 5 1966 3 3 1980 Died 11 July 1999
1 8 1967 7 7 1985 Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004
14 8 1967 10 2 1989 Died 2 July 1998
6 11 1969 13.11.1992 Died 15 February 1993
13 5 1971 7 4 1989 Died 28 July 2004
13 5 1971 17 2 1984 Died 10 January 1999
25 9 1973 24 9 1990 Died 20 April 1999
30 4 1974 29 3 1983 Died in office
20 1 1977 25 1 1985 Died 30 November 1997
31.10.1977 29 9 1990 Died 3 May 2009
16 1 1978 19 5 2000
4 2 1980 16 2 1998 Died 5 August 2008
28 1 1982 23 9 2006 Died 7 October 2013
3 12 1982 23 1 2008
3 12 1982 4 4 2000
18 2 1982 22 3 2002
18 2 1982 10 3 2000 Died 27 October 2015
12 5 1983 31 5 1990
13 2 1984 15 4 1994 Died 18 November 2009
13 2 1984 8 6 1989 Removed from office by Parliament
13 2 1984 24 8 2007 Died 2 April 2017
4 2 1985 8 7 2014 Appointed Governor of Queensland
29 7 1985 13 9 1998 Appointed to the Federal Court
8 7 1985 11 9 2003 Died 31 December 2015
2 2 1989 30 3 1992 Appointed to the Federal Court, died 15 March 2005
20 2 1989 30 4 1999
25 7 1989 23 8 2017
16 6 1993 16.10.1994 Appointed to the Federal Court
23 9 1994 28.11.2013
16.12.1994 1 7 2007
4 4 1997 27.12.2014 Died 10 February 2018
21 8 1998 11 4 2014
3 9 1998 29.11.2018 Chair, Law Reform Commission
14.12.2000 President, Land Appeal Court
Judge and President, Mental Health Court
16 3 2000 Judge, Mental Health Court
Acting Judge, District Court
16 3 2000 Criminal List Judge
16 3 2000 4 9 2009 Died in office
27.11.2003
3 3 2003
7 7 2006
15.10.2007 23 4 2018
Land Appeal Court
13 7 2007 President QCAT
30 8 2007
28 8 2008
27.10.2009 27 3 2015 President, QCAT
2 7 2010
25 2 2011 Mental Health Court
18 7 2011 Mental Health Court
18 7 2011 28 6 2017
President
President Administrative Appeals Tribunal
appointed as a Judge of the Federal Court
12 9 2011 , Land Appeal Court
8 10 2012
18.12.2014
27 7 2014
8 7 2014 Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court
Judge, District Court
Judge, Family Court of Australia
19 3 2015
16.12.2016
16.10.2017
10 7 2017 Judge, District Court
26 2 2018
9 3 2018
3 12 2018
3 12 2018